16th Jul, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European and Sporting Art
1001
Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739-1808) Irish
Portrait of Bellingham Boyle MP for Brandonbridge
Pastel, 18cm dia. (oval)
Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Anonymous Sale, 1985, Lot 10
Literature: Neil Jeffares, "Hugh Douglas Hamilton", Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, online edition, accessed 5/4/2022, p.4, J.375.1065
Sold for £800
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
A small amount of paper, possibly from backing, trapped under glass to upper edge. Further evidence of minor debris etc. trapped under glass. Possibly formation of tiny sized foxing spots lower right of chin within background but possibly artist's material as opposed to foxing. Some surface dirt. Otherwise broadly in a good state of preservation. Not examined out of the frame.
Auction: British, European and Sporting Art, 16th Jul, 2022
'In a Ligurian Garden', an important lost work by Henry Herbert La Thangue, is to be sold in the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 16th July with an estimate of £70,000-100,000 plus buyer's premium. The painting was recently rediscovered in Yorkshire, having been passed down through the family of Sir William Prince-Smith (1898-1964) and his wife Marjorie, manufacturers of textile machinery from Keighley, West Yorkshire. View lot
Henry Herbert La Thangue RA (1859-1929) was one of the leading exponents of British Impressionism, who had become enamoured with painting 'en plein air' on a youthful painting trip to Brittany in 1881 with friend and fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, one of the founders of the Newlyn School of Painters. On his return to England he settled in Sussex, painting farm labourers in idyllic, rustic surroundings, recording a way of English rural life that was fast being lost to increasing industrialisation.
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Sunday 10 July 11am-4pm, Monday 11 July to Friday 15 July 10am-4pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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